Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger, (Cohort IV) currently Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, has been confirmed as the new head of the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA has come under fire in recent months and senators expressed confidence…

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The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative executive education curriculum is designed to produce effective leadership at all levels of government — federal, state, and local — as well as in private and non-profit sector organizations. The NPLI curriculum leverages the combined strengths of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. Faculty from Harvard Business School and the Harvard Medical School also teach in the program.

Overview

The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) is a joint venture of the Harvard School of Public Health's Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development and the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. It works in collaboration with key government agencies to ensure today's unprecedented challenges are met with uncommon leadership from federal, state, and local officials and encourages connectivity across public, private, and non-profit sectors.

Dr. Leonard Marcus, Dr. Barry Dorn, Joseph Henderson, and Eric McNulty are among the NPLI faculty who have been at the forefront of developing the Meta-Leadership framework and practice method.